Writing

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    From the annual Christmas letter of Casa Juan Diego in Houston.

    When everything seems dark and discouraging, the best way to beat despair is to serve the desperate. «From the annual Christmas letter of Casa Juan Diego»

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    Noooooooo!

    From this morning: Me: Olivia, you know what today is? Olivia: GAME DAY! Vanessa: Don’t worry, she’s dressed for it. Me, walking over and seeing her in a Notre Dame…

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    One Man’s Journey

    You don’t have to be on The Biggest Loser to lose a lot of weight. Just do it.

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    Review: Thank You, God, for Blessing Me

    I just downloaded and read a cute little children’s book. Thank You, God for Blessing Me, by Max Lucado. In print, it is a board book, about a caterpillar thanking God for…

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    Review: Doing Virtuous Business

    I recently read Doing Virtuous Business: The Remarkable Success of Spiritual Enterprise and was disappointed. The book, by Theodore Roosevelt Malloch, had the potential to be a great work looking at the various…

  • The Kindle

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    The Kindle

    I’ve fought it for sometime. The intense desire to buy a Kindle has been nagging at me for years. I love the idea of it—a lightweight, relatively inexpensive device that…

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    Dell Hell

    I’ve been a Dell user for years and while I’ve heard of so-called “Dell Hell” experiences, never had anything but outstanding service from them. Until now. First, it seemed that…

  • A Funeral and A Birthday

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    A Funeral and A Birthday

    On Saturday, I started the day with a funeral and ended it with my birthday dinner. When the funeral was set for the 15th and I was asked to help…

  • The World Is A Bit Darker Today

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    The World Is A Bit Darker Today

    A close friend, Ruben Garza, passed away last night. He was 37.

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    Steve Jobs, Rest In Peace

    I had already heard the news via Twitter when Vanessa walked up the stairs after arriving home from work. “Have you heard?!?” Vanessa wouldn’t care about the death of the…